Currently listening to thread

nihpuad · 23-06-06 08:56:08

Liandra wrote:

Songs that make me cry
jewel "Hands"
Jewel "Foolish games"

Me, too. Actually, "Hands" doesn't make me cry, but it contains one of my all-time favorite lyrics:

I won't be made useless,
Won't be idled with despair...

Those words helped sustain me through my daughter's brain cancer treatment (she's 100 percent fine now, so don't freak!:)), and they come back to me these days when I feel hopeless about the benighted times my country is experiencing (if not causing). If I ever got a tattoo, it might well be those words.

"Foolish Games," OTOH, just flat out makes me weep, as does "You Were Meant for Me"... esp. the achingly vulnerable sound of her voice when she sings "hearts are broken every day...."

Another song that makes me tear up is, weirdly enough, an original Christmas song by the Roches called "Star of Wonder," in which the shepherd who feels the call of the star imagines what people will say when they find her (yes, "her"; a little modern feminist touch) sheep untended:

What could make her leave her flock,
For surely she must love them still....

Hmmm... I guess "you had to be there"... but it always gets to me.

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aven frey · 26-06-06 03:54:33

Redemption song by Bob Marley, I need a lover I don't have to love by Bright Eyes, Hey by the Pixies, Crying by Roy Orbison, Billy Austin by Steve Earl, Lucy by Nick Cave, Perfect Day by Lou Reed and ofcourse Hallelujah - all those songs put lumps in my throat (there the ones I can think of right now). I think sad songs (especially love songs) are my favorite type of songs.
I'm keen to know peoples fav driving songs. I so love cranking Iggy Pops Gimme Danger, The Doors five to one and Mr Bungles Retrovertico. When I drove through the outback from Melbourne to Brisbane a couple of months ago I couldn't stop listening to Bonnie Prince Billy's I see a darkness- it seemed to go well with all the dead trees.

nihpuad · 26-06-06 05:52:54

Liandra wrote:

Dauphinb I hope I never have to go through feeling helpless while my daughter suffers, that must have been terrifying, and congratulations that you are both through it. My neice (inlaw) died of a brain tumor when she was six and her mother was in absolute agony and bewilderment.

I hope you never have to go through it, too. The families we knew (the hospital gets to be a sort of social club) whose children didn't make it were shattered (it's particularly rough if there are other, surviving, young kids). We were very lucky/very blessed.

Liandra wrote:

Is that carol the "star of wonder star of light star of royal beauty bright?" I always loved that one when I was kid. I used to mumble the verses and belt out the chorus in all my tone deaf glory.

No, you're thinking of the refrain from "We Three Kings." The song I was talking about, "Star of Wonder," is an original song by The Roches, from their Christmas album, which is called (coincidentally enough) We Three Kings. If you go to that link (at Amazon), you can hear a sample.

Even though I'm not terribly religious (and getting less so every day, given the terrible example ostensibly Christian folk in my country are setting lately), I have a major thing for Christmas music. I usually buy 2 or 3 new Christmas CDs each season, and I used to make a home-made anthology disc for my friends and coworkers every year (now that everybody has iTunes or equivalent, it doesn't seem quite so special anymore). I have to tell you, if I were forced to give up my whole collection and keep only one disc, this would be the one I'd keep. It is, to my mind, just about the perfect Christmas album, with lighthearted, almost campy, versions of pop tunes like "Winter Wonderland" and "Frosty the Snowman" combined with heartbreakingly beautiful versions of classical pieces like "Break Forth O Beauteous Heavenly Light" and "For Unto Us a Child Is Born." One reviewer at Amazon said the version of "We Three Kings" sounds like it was arranged by Mark Knopfler, and I think that's an apt description. And even in such a great collection, "Star of Wonder" is the single shining gem.

Do you get the idea I like this album?

And even if you have no interest in Christmas music, you should still check out The Roches, esp. their eponymous (I love that word!) first album. Three sisters who sing their own songs in fantastic tight harmony, often either acapella or sparsely accompanied. Robert Fripp produced their first album, and plays guitar on it (albeit sparingly). Great stuff.

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Elfman · 26-06-06 21:31:00

The wondeful thing about music is that it can be so inspirational. In the mid eighties I was unemployed and having real problems finding work. (There was massive unemployment in England at the time, especialy in the North because of the pit closures). I got very depressed and demoralised and had almost given up looking for work when I heard Peter Gabriel and Kate Bush singing "Don't give up". It had a very uplifting effect on me and soon I moved to the city of Leeds to increase my chances of finding work. After a few weeks I found the job that I have been doing for the last nineteen years.

But it has always been mostly folk songs that have inspired me. Below are two songs sung by Dick Gaughan that often motivate me when I'm feeling low:

http://www.dickgaughan.co.uk/songs/texts/whengone.html

http://www.dickgaughan.co.uk/songs/texts/whatgot.html

Elfman

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alleyes1 · 26-06-06 23:53:55

I'm Listening to "Not Ready To Make Nice" by The Dixie Chicks.

alleyes1 · 28-06-06 19:23:50

"All The Young Dudes" by Mott The Hoople

Elfman · 28-06-06 20:52:13

Now this thread seems to be opening up a bit I guess the next question (particularly in light of Liandra's interview with Ruby in today Lucubrations) is what do we all like to dance to? I used to love to dance before I got too old and self-concious. Four of my favourite strutting my funky stuff tunes are:

Summer of Sixty Nine - Bryan Adams
Brown Sugar - Rolling Stones
Heros - David Bowie
Mustang Sally - Buddy Guy

Elfman.

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Burlesque · 28-06-06 21:12:09

Oh. Dancing. I'll just leave through that door over there, shall I?

Burlesque, clinically rhythm-deaf.

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Bishop of Bath & Wells · 28-06-06 23:13:08

Burlesque wrote:

Oh. Dancing. I'll just leave through that door over there, shall I?

Burlesque, hold the door for me as well! I'll grab our coats on the way out.

Bish

Siobhan · 28-06-06 23:41:13

Oh, no you two don't! Here, let's go in this nice dark corner over here and I'll give you a little refresher course.

Me? The first things that come to mind that will pull me out on the floor are "Brick House" and " G-L-O-R-I-A!Gloria!"

Where I live, folk music is the most frequently danced to, and I don't normally know the names of the songs, but they're all on an 8-count beat so it's a type of swing. The dance that gets me the MOST HOT (as in "I must have you NOW") is Cajun swing.

blissed · 28-06-06 23:48:15

Ahhh but I've hidden your coats and locked the doors, the lights dim.
Start the lasers and....................http://www.jlara.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/mmmmm.mp3

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Burlesque · 29-06-06 00:34:48

I see that the mask of politeness is now off, eh, Blissed and Siobhan? Humiliation is the order of the day. Very well. Bish, I've got your back if you've got mine. Don't hesitate to fight dirty!

Burlesque.

stolengirlfriend · 29-06-06 01:25:34

If there was ever a record made that makes me want to leave my comfortable seat at the bar and make a complete arse out of myself it would have to be "Exit Planet Dust" by The Chemical Brothers or "Leftism" by Leftfield. There really isn't a track on either one that I couldn't get retarded to.

blissed · 29-06-06 02:50:43

I love dancing at work. Nearly every job I've done theres been a radio on and if there isn't one theres the music in my head. I'm not nuts, honest If your feeling good it just spontaneously happens and theres a women at work at the moment. Whenever she catches me and brings someone over to see what I'm doing, I stop. so now their beginning to think she's nuts

Elfman · 29-06-06 07:55:50

Siobhan wrote:

Where I live, folk music is the most frequently danced to, and I don't normally know the names of the songs, but they're all on an 8-count beat so it's a type of swing. The dance that gets me the MOST HOT (as in "I must have you NOW") is Cajun swing.

I love cajun music and zydeco!!! Problem is that I can't waltz, two step or four step. If ever I was panning on visiting Louisiana I would definatley learn. Now that's the kind of dancing an older man can do without feeling self concious. (Now there's a thought!!!)

Elfman.

Elfman · 29-06-06 07:59:09

blissed wrote:

I love dancing at work. Nearly every job I've done theres been a radio on and if there isn't one theres the music in my head. I'm not nuts, honest If your feeling good it just spontaneously happens and theres a women at work at the moment. Whenever she catches me and brings someone over to see what I'm doing, I stop. so now their beginning to think she's nuts

Good on ya blissed. Do as the spirit (or the music) moves you I say.

Bishop of Bath & Wells · 29-06-06 20:44:13

Currently listening to 'Smile' by Lily Allen, a great little pop song. She's the daugther of professional agit-merchant Keith Allen, but don't let that put you off.

http://www.myspace.com/lilymusic

Bish

stolengirlfriend · 30-06-06 01:26:45

Nightmare of You - S/T

The_Elfman · 22-07-06 21:02:26

YEAAAAAHHHHH!!!!!

Kate Rusby has finaly made it to Utube.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=erZxFaP1 … te%20rusby

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JA-dIV_O … te%20rusby

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4EvL2gga … te%20rusby

And why is she singing with this prat? (But don't you just love the way she says "come").
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GmYoLfOB … te%20rusby

(Barnsley lass you know. Bless her).

Elfman.

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Siobhan · 22-07-06 22:05:12

wow. she's wonderful. thanks for introducing her to us (or at least to me, who'd never heard of her).

The_Elfman · 23-07-06 01:14:02

I think that watching Ronan Keating and Kate Rusby perform together is a little like comparing conventional porn sites to IFM. Keating is all artifice and effect whereas Kate just stands there and sings in her beautiful, natural voice. For me her performance is far superior to his largely due to its integrity.

Elfman.

http://www.katerusby.com/

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Cate · 23-07-06 14:30:43

I'm listening to fantasticaly trashy and great Scandinavian punk
Turbonegro - Wipe it till it bleeds

The_West_Wind · 24-07-06 09:50:51

Right now, it's "More Tea Vicar" by Kevin Bloody Willson. I've set my whole collection to shuffle, so I dont kow what I'll get.

Burlesque · 24-07-06 09:56:15

Cate wrote:

I'm listening to fantasticaly trashy and great Scandinavian punk
Turbonegro - Wipe it till it bleeds

I just read up on Turbonegro (they're Norwegian, by the way, but we Scandinavian types are all the same ), and while they're not my cup of tea, I admire their cheeky sense of humour.

Burlesque.

The_West_Wind · 24-07-06 09:59:56

I skipped a few tracks and now I'm rocking out to "Path of Glory" by Demons & Wizards. I've just started to get into it. Epic stuff.

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